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We were happy to discover this 1987 video of John Swain. Swain was a character, and his shop The Record Hole is a prime example of what was great about Old, Weird Raleigh. He used to share space with a used book and magazine store in the building that is now Blue Flame Tattoos. Later he moved across the street to the College Beverage building. In both spaces he sold records and talked music with everyone from beach music DJs to punk kids. He passed away in the early 1990s, and we miss him.


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